Clarence Taylor, son of the late Harry and Isa Link Taylor, was born on November 17, 1914, in Bloomfield, Missouri and passed away at the Golden Living Center in Bloomfield, Missouri, on May 25, 2012, at the age of 97.. 

Mr. Taylor had lived Bloomfield all of his life. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bloomfield. He had been the area supervisor for the local St. Louis Post Dispatch delivery. 

Surviving are one daughter, Dorothy Pulley of Bloomfield; two grandchildren; seven great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.  Other relatives and many friends also survive. He was preceded in death by one sister, Blanche Howard and three brothers, Howard, Vernon and Jimmie Taylor.

Friends may visit after 9 a.m., Tuesday May 29, 2012, at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday May 29, 2012, at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield with Rev. Kevin Eskew of Bloomfield, Missouri officiating.

Interment will be in the Bloomfield Cemetery in Bloomfield with Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield in charge of all arrangements.